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ATLANTA. 




PHILADELPHIA: 

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 

18S8. 




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thiladelphia: 
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 

1888. 



Copyright, 1888, by J. B. Lippincott Company. 




ATLANTA. 



Atlanta, a flourishing city of the United States, capi- 
tal of Georgia, and seat of justice of Fulton County, is 
situated 1100 feet above sea-level, on an elevated ridge 
dividing the waters of the Chattahoochee River from 
the rivers that flow into the Atlantic, 294 miles NW. 
of Savannah. It has a remarkably healthy and equa- 
ble climate, the mean annual temperature being about 
60° F. It is 7 miles SE. of the Chattahoochee River. 
Seven railroads centre at Atlanta, the most of which are 
trunk-lines with numerous connections. Atlanta has an 
extensive and rapidly increasing trade in cotton, dry 
goods, and horses and mules; and in tobacco the trade 
is larger than that of any place south of Richmond, 
Virginia. 

Atlanta possesses iron-foundries and large flouring- 
mills, a rolling-mill, a manufactory of agricultural im- 
plements, paper-mills, three well-equipped cotton-mills, 
&c. The chief public buildings are the custom-house, 
State-house, and opera-house. An excellent system of 
public schools was organised in 1872, and comprises 
primary, grammar, and high schools for white and col- 
oured. Other institutions are the Atlanta University 
for the education of coloured young men and women, 
Clark Theological School (coloured Methodist), and two 
medical colleges. The city limits comprise a perfect 



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circle, with a diameter of 3 miles, and with its centre 
at the Union Passenger Depot. In the civil war, the 
city was captured by the Union troops under General 
Sherman (September 2, 1864), and the entire business 
portion was destroyed by them on leaving it about a 
month later. Since the restoration of peace, however, 
its prosperity has been uninterrupted and its growth 
rapid. 

Atlanta was settled in 1840; was incorporated as the 
village of Marthasville in 1842; as Atlanta in 1847. 
Pop. (1850) 2572; (1860) 9554; (1870)21,879; (1880) 
37,409 ; (1888) about 60,000. A great cotton ' Expo- 
sition' was held here in 1881. 



